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let's talk about the nsa vote. if you have additional stuff we will give you the opportunity to do that. i looked at this issue really, really carefully. number one, nobody likes the fact that any government agency is collecting massive amounts of data. they certainly have the ability to know who you have called. we have had federal judges that look at this and say it is constitutional. we know we have stopped about 50 terrorist attacks. it is a lot to deal with this sort of stuff. i look at who is on the intelligence committees. one of the guys is tom coburn. i was at the oklahoma press association meeting. i watched him stand up and said this has been asked oversight, the most accountable and was absolutely saving american lives. i think there are 14 other members. every single one of them. except one. i think there is one that didn't. written out of the 14 voted that way. both the speaker and the minority leader. we have the snowden revelations. he did not give us an instance of abuse. look at the irs. terrific
let's talk about the nsa vote. if you have additional stuff we will give you the opportunity to do that. i looked at this issue really, really carefully. number one, nobody likes the fact that any government agency is collecting massive amounts of data. they certainly have the ability to know who you have called. we have had federal judges that look at this and say it is constitutional. we know we have stopped about 50 terrorist attacks. it is a lot to deal with this sort of stuff. i look at...
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listened to by the nsa, no american is having his e-mails looked at by the nsa. what the nsa does is collect metadata which means phone numbers of every call that's made, the time and the date. there's no names, no one's listening to the calls, all that information is stored. and because there is this threat -- and i've seen the intelligence, i know people always get burned, i've seen the intelligence, and if you knew what i knew, i'm trying to say that, basically, everyone who has looked at this and analyzed it, this is, i think, the most precise threat we've seen since, if not since september 11th, certainly since 2006 when there was a liquid explosive plot coming out of london which would have blown up ten airliners over the atlantic ocean which would have killed thousands and thousands of americans. but this plot is very specific as to the enormity of the attack, the catastrophic be nature of the attack that they want to car aout. and there are also a series of dates in there. but as far as the credibility of the sources, the quality of the intelligence, it i
listened to by the nsa, no american is having his e-mails looked at by the nsa. what the nsa does is collect metadata which means phone numbers of every call that's made, the time and the date. there's no names, no one's listening to the calls, all that information is stored. and because there is this threat -- and i've seen the intelligence, i know people always get burned, i've seen the intelligence, and if you knew what i knew, i'm trying to say that, basically, everyone who has looked at...
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it is about what the nsa and what the government is doing. through reports of how the nsa might be sharing information with the dea and irs, and according to reports, incidentally collecting information, inadvertently collect your information, and then use that information to go after people domestically, and this violates our rule of requiring specific warrants. you cannot have a system where the intelligence agencies, whether it is nsa or any other agency, collects data without a warrant, and then use that, and says, here you go, and prosecute people, and then according to reports, they are covering their tracks, so defense attorneys do not even know where the data came from. so there are a lot of shocking allegations, revelations out there in reports. one of the things i can tell you is we do not have very much oversight of these programs. there is a secret fisa court that interprets things like the patriot act, and these opinions are not available to members of congress. so, for example, the patriot act is a law related to data gathering,
it is about what the nsa and what the government is doing. through reports of how the nsa might be sharing information with the dea and irs, and according to reports, incidentally collecting information, inadvertently collect your information, and then use that information to go after people domestically, and this violates our rule of requiring specific warrants. you cannot have a system where the intelligence agencies, whether it is nsa or any other agency, collects data without a warrant, and...
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the "washington post" reports was based on nsa compliance reports. the fact that this could be written in the first place is evident there our oversight ongoing at the nsa. these are compliance problem's that were identified and tabulated by the nsa to congress in the appropriate fashion. they are compliance issues that -- where action was taken to rectify them. what this illustrates is that there is in place at the nsa a very strict oversight regime. was asked about the king was askedt about the reports. he said there is not he said, if it works, and you have 99.9% compliant errors, and this comes from an internal report -- he went on to say it was all available. there is nothing there that bothers me. that shows me that the system works.
the "washington post" reports was based on nsa compliance reports. the fact that this could be written in the first place is evident there our oversight ongoing at the nsa. these are compliance problem's that were identified and tabulated by the nsa to congress in the appropriate fashion. they are compliance issues that -- where action was taken to rectify them. what this illustrates is that there is in place at the nsa a very strict oversight regime. was asked about the king was...
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now, a few weeks ago we add the former nsa official turned whistleblower thomas brake here at a press club luncheon, and he said that once employees are seeking to retain or renew security clearances and they're interviewed by investigators, one of the questions that they're asked at least some of the time is if you have ever had unlawful contact with a reporter. not unauthorized contact, but any unauthorized contact. to a lot of us, that was disturbing because we thought by merely asking that question in that context they're sending the message, intentional or not, that speaking to the press offline is forbidden and could even make you a security risk. now, obviously, the bradley manning and edward snowden leaks have raised the temperature on issue considerably, particularly in the security agencies. the no leaks message was made in a really hard core way. in a june 2012 defense department document, it was about a so-called insider threat program, and it was obtained recently by mcclap news, and it said, quote: leaking is tantamount to leaking the enemies of the united states, closed
now, a few weeks ago we add the former nsa official turned whistleblower thomas brake here at a press club luncheon, and he said that once employees are seeking to retain or renew security clearances and they're interviewed by investigators, one of the questions that they're asked at least some of the time is if you have ever had unlawful contact with a reporter. not unauthorized contact, but any unauthorized contact. to a lot of us, that was disturbing because we thought by merely asking that...
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little bit about the relationship especially in light of what's happened with edward snowden and the nsa, that relationship with, between the foreign-facing come poems, the national security facing come poems of the american be government and its relationship to owners and operators of critical infrastructure who traditionally operate domestically? >> well, there are two trends, scott, that are important. upside pinnings of your -- underpinnings of your question. first of all, oh the last decade -- over the last decade increasing lu the department of defense relies on facilities here in the united states in order to operate our forces abroad. and so when you look at the dependence of dod facilities, military bases here on privately-owned infrastructure, especially the electric grid for purposes of today, you can see the imperative for dod to be able to partner effectively not only with industry to assure the flow of those vital electricity services, but, of course, also with the department of energy and the department of homeland security which will always be with in the lead for the fed
little bit about the relationship especially in light of what's happened with edward snowden and the nsa, that relationship with, between the foreign-facing come poems, the national security facing come poems of the american be government and its relationship to owners and operators of critical infrastructure who traditionally operate domestically? >> well, there are two trends, scott, that are important. upside pinnings of your -- underpinnings of your question. first of all, oh the last...
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we will get reaction from house speaker john boehner on the russian decision to grant asylum former nsa contractor edward snowden. speaker john boehner also talked about the budget process in this 10 minute briefing. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> good morning, everyone. yesterday i met with the house chairman leading the investigation on benghazi. the chairman has been doing good work, much of it behind the again, but i stress once that we need to get to the bottom of what happened that terrible night, why it happened, and how we can prevent similar tragedies in the future. are also continuing to investigate the irs for its abusive power. there is nothing phony about these scandals, mr. president. when four americans are dead, not when the agency when enforcing your health care law has been harassing because of their political beliefs. the american people deserve answers and we will continue to fight for the truth, no matter how badly the administration wants to sweep these issues under the carpet. lea
we will get reaction from house speaker john boehner on the russian decision to grant asylum former nsa contractor edward snowden. speaker john boehner also talked about the budget process in this 10 minute briefing. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> good morning, everyone. yesterday i met with the house chairman leading the investigation on benghazi. the chairman has been doing good work, much of it behind...
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let's talk about the nsa and unhappy, begin if you have additional stuff you want to throw in we will surely give you the opportunity to do that. look, i looked at this issue really, really carefully. number one, nobody likes the fact that any government agency is collecting massive amounts of data. they are not reading your e-mails, listening to your phone but they certainly have the ability to know who you have called. number two, you know, we that federal judges that looked at this and say it's constitutional. well, number three, you, you have to decide whether, we know we've stopped about 50 terrorist attacks, 10 inside the united states, 40 outside, from information to, a lot, you know, to deal with this sort of stuff. and i look at who's on the intelligence committees, you know. one of the guys on the intelligence community is tom coburn of the united states senate. i was at the oklahoma press association meeting with him and watched him stand up and just had the best oversight, the most common you know, accountable and was absolutely saving american lives. i also look, i think
let's talk about the nsa and unhappy, begin if you have additional stuff you want to throw in we will surely give you the opportunity to do that. look, i looked at this issue really, really carefully. number one, nobody likes the fact that any government agency is collecting massive amounts of data. they are not reading your e-mails, listening to your phone but they certainly have the ability to know who you have called. number two, you know, we that federal judges that looked at this and say...
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take questions about his canceled meeting with russian president putin as well as the debt ceiling and nsa surveillance. we will bring it to you live at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. next, former president george w. bush on immigration during a naturalization ceremony at the bush institute on july 10. following the ceremony, the institute hosted a series of panels looking at immigrant contributions to america. this is about two hours. >> wonderful. for theu, jim, introduction. thank you, ambassador. thank you immigrants who are joining us today and thank you to our audience here and watching us. this is being streamed on bushcenter.org. thank you. mentioned weador are here in texas. this is a relevant topic. it is relevant to american nationwide. especially to those of us in the lone star state caret it is an interesting comparison. growthject is the 4% project. we are trying to get u.s. gdp doubled rate it is now. in recent times, we have been growing 2.5% per year. we know we can do better. one way we know we can do better is that in the past we have grown a lot faster. over the past4% 60
take questions about his canceled meeting with russian president putin as well as the debt ceiling and nsa surveillance. we will bring it to you live at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. next, former president george w. bush on immigration during a naturalization ceremony at the bush institute on july 10. following the ceremony, the institute hosted a series of panels looking at immigrant contributions to america. this is about two hours. >> wonderful. for theu, jim, introduction. thank you,...